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Sakai (135.48E 34.52N) is a city and port on the coast of Honshu southeast of Osaka. A minefield was laid here by B-29s in June 1945, which sunk Hiyoriyama Maru. The city itself was firebombed on 9 July 1945.
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Craven and Cate (1950; accessed 2011-4-3)The Pacific War Online Encyclopedia © 2008, 2010-2011 by Kent G. Budge. Index
